The Rangers veered off their recent history of preferring college players to dip into deep class of high school shortstops.

The Rangers haven’t selected a high school player in the first round of the MLB Draft since 2018. That changed on Sunday night, when Texas selected Gavin Fien, a shortstop out of Great Oak (Calif.) high school,

The Texas Rangers selected high school shortstop Gavin Fien with the 12th overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, marking the team's first first-round selection of a high school player since 2018.